DLI 3-4

In this lesson, read through the information for each character. In your character notebook, draw a picture or cartoon of the story that will help you remember the character. Then take the quiz.

be like
女nǚ + 口
woman + mouth

women talking about what it would be like if…

ancient ritual where people walk out of a cave to symbolically represent rebirth, like coming out of a woman’s birth canal

chuáng

bed
广guǎng + 木
cave + tree

"You have a seat 座 and a mat 席 in your cave, but you decide to upgrade to a bed and bring in a tree trunk." (Hunter Gatherer)

hái

or?
不 + 辶
no + road

Do you want this road or that road? No, not that one.

"No?: Should you hit the road or no? Take our reader’s quiz to assess your probability of finding work." (1930's On the Road)

suǒ

place [n.]
户 + 斤
door + axe

When you do finally reach your destination, you’ll know the place because there will be an axe by the door.

ground [n.]
土 + 也
soil + scorpion

scorpion lives in the soil or ground

xià

summer
一 + 自 + 夂
ceiling + nose + walking legs

hire "fans" to hang by their noses to the ceiling, use their legs to move the summer air

heat [n./v.]
执 + 灬
clench + cooking fire

hands clenching because of the cold, hoping the cooking fire heats up

alternatively: 扌 + 九 + 丶 + 灬 hand + nine + drop + cooking fire, need to heat hands over the fire, nine fingers are ok, but one is frozen solid

yáng

Yang
阝 + 日
pinnacle + sun

pinnacles have a sunny and shady side, yin-yang is the pinnacle philosophy of balance

"The pinnacle philosophy at play in planning this event is the balance of yin and yang. We’ll rely on it for decor, food choices, background music, everything! The ceremony during the day will balance with the reception at night.” (bride in a white wedding dress with groom in black tux and bride in a black evening gown with groom in white tux.) (Wedding Planner)

compare
匕bǐ + 匕bǐ
spoon + spoon

DLI 3-4

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